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The Brain Has a 'Low-Power Mode' That Blunts Our Senses

The Quanta Podcast

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Energy-intensive brain needs to keep its lights on too. And neuroscientists have uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. That's next.

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